An isometric predictor for maximum acceptable weight of lift for Chinese men

Human Factors

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 646-653

  Lee, Yung Hui ^a,b   Chen, Yi Lang ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOMETRIC PREDICTOR; MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE WEIGHT OF LIFT; MODIFIED COMPOSITE STRENGTH;

ABILITY TESTING; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATIONS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODIFICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHINESE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; STRENGTH; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030482495     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872096778827242     Document Type: Article

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